The wooden anniversary of Crimean Annexation: Five years of lies, deception, abuse
Repeating lies year after year doesn’t make them suddenly true. The Collins Dictionary suggests the following synonyms for…
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Annexation of Crimea
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Putin didn’t annex Crimea to boost his ratings, Portnikov says
Many commentators are suggesting that Vladimir Putin may seek “a new Crimea” to salvage his ratings with the…
‘Vladimir Putin is killing Oleh Sentsov,’ Milshteyn says
One of Vladimir Putin’s greatest advantages has been the willingness of others to accept his definition of what…
Four years after annexation: Ukraine still connected with occupied Crimea, albeit weakly
The Ukrainian state’s strategy concerning the more than 2 million citizens who remain in Crimea is this: Ukraine…
The Crimean Tatar Palace and other historic sites Russia is destroying in occupied Crimea
Read also: Crimea’s occupied cultural heritage Among the illegal activities in Crimea, the prosecutors mentioned the following suspected crimes:…
Does Sobchak have a winning message for Russia beyond Moscow’s Ring Road?
Kseniya Sobchak has made her first foray outside of Moscow, a step that appears almost obligatory these days,…
Sobchak’s statement on Crimea has profound consequences for the future, Portnikov says
Kseniya Sobchak’s statement that Crimea is Ukrainian under international law may not matter too much in the short…
Sobchak says ‘Crimea is Ukraine. Period’
Kseniya Sobchak, the Kremlin-promoted “sparring partner” for Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential elections, says that “Crimea is…
Russia brags about “Russian” Crimea in DPRK atlas where South Korea “annexed” by North
The Russian Embassy in the North Korea in their 12 October post on Facebook proudly reports that Crimea,…
Crimean residents, Russians increasingly hostile and at odds
Even Crimean residents who initially welcomed the Russian Anschluss are now disappointed with the occupation and angry at…
Ukrainians welcome visa-free travel to EU amid escalation of hostilities in Donbas
"Farewell, farewell, unwashed Russia" On June 10, during the ceremony of the visa-free regime introduction between Ukraine and…
Russia methodically destroys and removes cultural treasures from occupied Crimea
KIEV (QHA) - According to information from the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, prior to the Russian occupation…
‘Crimea effect’ weaker but still significant for the Kremlin, experts say
With the passing of time, the euphoria with which Russians greeted the Crimean Anschluss has weakened, a process…
Russian aggression against Ukraine not listed as a key problem for Council of Europe
Council of Europe Secretary General Thorbjorn Jagland in his speech to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of…
Crimea’s occupied cultural heritage
The Russian occupation of Crimea affected all areas of life on the peninsula. The situation with violation of…
Stalinist times are returning in Russian-occupied Crimea, Poroshenko says
The incarceration of Ilmi Umerov, one of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar movement, in a psychiatric hospital…
Ukraine publishes video proving Kremlin directed separatism in eastern Ukraine and Crimea
On 22 August 2016, Ukraine’s General Prosecutors Office (GPO) released a video it says proves that top officials of…
The Kremlin, sanctions, June 8, 2016: What will the French Senate do?
On June 8,2016, the French Senate will debate a resolution to lift the sanctions against the Russian Federation.…
Seven reasons why Putin’s war in Ukraine is a turning point in Russian and world history
As the world’s attention shifts, many Russians and many in the West are telling themselves that Vladimir Putin’s…
Crimeans find a new way to protest Russian occupation — via the Census
There are many ways that the powerless can protest their status – jokes, indifference and contempt among them.…